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Details
St Michael and All Angels Church
Bath Road
Chiswick
London
W4 1TT
England
Programme
Aaron Copland – Billy the Kid (concert suite)
George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Philip Glass – String Quartet no.2 'Company'
Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Samuel Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Performers
Nadine Benjamin – soprano
Philip Hesketh – Conductor
West London Sinfonia
Programme Note
WEST LONDON SINFONIA PRESENTS
Reflecting America through the lens of twentieth century American composers
From Vintage to Contemporary Soundscapes
America, throughout its history, has welcomed and absorbed musical traditions from beyond its shores. In this programme, we showcase works from four distinguished native-born Americans, composers whose music most define the American idiom and who have been influential in shaping music of the twentieth century. Barber’s dreamlike setting of a poem by James Agee will be sung by sensational soprano Nadine Benjamin; Copland and Gershwin paint other contrasting pictures of American life and times; and Glass has contributed to a new musical language in the twentieth century.
